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Air-based hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile

Looks like air-launched derivative of hypersonic YJ-XX. :D

But according to the earlier artworks and reports that missile was to be an airborne variant of the DF-21D or similar. The missile shown today - if it is in fact the missile what we see under the wings of that H-6K - however
is a different design and smaller and lighter since it can be carried under the wings.

So either these older reports were wrong or this is yet another missile ....

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Another missile indeed - YJ-XX hypersonic anti-ship missile launched from air.

Test of airborne "DF-21D" was carried out onboard an H-6N in May, not June.
 
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Looks like air-launched derivative of hypersonic YJ-XX. :D



Another missile indeed - YJ-XX hypersonic anti-ship missile launched from air.

Test of airborne "DF-21D" was carried out onboard an H-6N in May, not June.

Concerning this alleged DF-21D variant, how sure we are that it is indeed a DF-21-based design? Wouldn't be a missile based on the DF-12 aka M20 much more suitable and easier to carry for the H-6?


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Concerning this alleged DF-21D variant, how sure we are that it is indeed a DF-21-based design? Wouldn't be a missile based on the DF-12 aka M20 much more suitable and easier to carry for the H-6?


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Some suggest that it is a more advanced variant of the M20.
 
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科技日报
今天 15:15 来自 微博 weibo.com

【我国首款乘波体高超声速飞行器(星空-2)飞行试验圆满成功】3日06点41分,随着一声巨响,由中国航天科技集团有限公司第十一研究院(简称十一院)研制的星空-2火箭在西北某靶场缓缓升空,经过近10分钟飞行后,该火箭完成主动段转弯、抛罩/级间分离、试飞器释放自主飞行、弹道大机动转弯等动作,按预定弹道进入落区。此举标志着星空-2火箭飞行试验圆满成功,实现了“国内第一乘波体”的飞行壮举。

Science and technology daily
Today 15:15 from weibo.com

[China's first waverider hypersonic vehicle (XingKong-2) flight test was a complete success] At 6:41 on the 3rd, with a loud noise, the XingKong rocket developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd. The 11th Research Institute (referred to as the 11th Institute) lifted off from a target range in the northwest. After nearly 10 minutes of flight, the rocket completed the active phase turning, the fairing separation, the test vehicle separated/released for autonomous flight, large ballistic turning and other actions, ballistic entry into the landing zone as schedule. This move marked the successful completion of the XingKong-2 rocket test, and achieved the flying feat of “the first domestic waverider”.

作为十一院开展的创新研发项目,星空-2火箭飞行试验任务是在集团公司的支持下,历时三年,成功自主研制的国内首款乘波体气动布局的高超声速试验飞行器。其以空气创新技术验证为目标,实现高超声速科学研究飞行平台研制与飞行试验。该试飞器集成了疏导式热防护热系统、内外力热测量系统及转捩流动测试系统等,依托航天科工四院火箭助推系统,将之投送到预定高度,并分离自主飞行,实现临近空间高炒声速滑翔飞行,完成气动力/热、分离干扰、自然转捩/人工转捩等多项科学问题数据测量。

据了解,星空-2火箭飞行试验项目创新性强,技术难度大,挑战了多项国际前沿创新技术难题:除了首次疏导式热防护技术飞行性能验证与工程应用、低空高动压高超声速抛罩分离技术外,还实现首个乘波体布局飞行器工程化,并高超声速静不稳定飞行与弹道控制。同时,首次将微涡发生器(MVG)技术应用于火箭/试飞器级间分离流动控制,完成乘波体高超飞行器大机动转弯飞行控制与制导技术等。

十一院负责人介绍说,本次飞行试验实现了飞行试验窗口科学载荷的全通道测量,全程光测、雷测、遥测正常,试飞器飞行可控、科学数据有效,完整回收。

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科技日报
今天 15:15 来自 微博 weibo.com

【我国首款乘波体高超声速飞行器(星空-2)飞行试验圆满成功】3日06点41分,随着一声巨响,由中国航天科技集团有限公司第十一研究院(简称十一院)研制的星空-2火箭在西北某靶场缓缓升空,经过近10分钟飞行后,该火箭完成主动段转弯、抛罩/级间分离、试飞器释放自主飞行、弹道大机动转弯等动作,按预定弹道进入落区。此举标志着星空-2火箭飞行试验圆满成功,实现了“国内第一乘波体”的飞行壮举。

Science and technology daily
Today 15:15 from weibo.com

[China's first waverider hypersonic vehicle (XingKong-2) flight test was a complete success] At 6:41 on the 3rd, with a loud noise, the XingKong rocket developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd. The 11th Research Institute (referred to as the 11th Institute) lifted off from a target range in the northwest. After nearly 10 minutes of flight, the rocket completed the active phase turning, the fairing separation, the test vehicle separated/released for autonomous flight, large ballistic turning and other actions, ballistic entry into the landing zone as schedule. This move marked the successful completion of the XingKong-2 rocket test, and achieved the flying feat of “the first domestic waverider”.

作为十一院开展的创新研发项目,星空-2火箭飞行试验任务是在集团公司的支持下,历时三年,成功自主研制的国内首款乘波体气动布局的高超声速试验飞行器。其以空气创新技术验证为目标,实现高超声速科学研究飞行平台研制与飞行试验。该试飞器集成了疏导式热防护热系统、内外力热测量系统及转捩流动测试系统等,依托航天科工四院火箭助推系统,将之投送到预定高度,并分离自主飞行,实现临近空间高炒声速滑翔飞行,完成气动力/热、分离干扰、自然转捩/人工转捩等多项科学问题数据测量。

据了解,星空-2火箭飞行试验项目创新性强,技术难度大,挑战了多项国际前沿创新技术难题:除了首次疏导式热防护技术飞行性能验证与工程应用、低空高动压高超声速抛罩分离技术外,还实现首个乘波体布局飞行器工程化,并高超声速静不稳定飞行与弹道控制。同时,首次将微涡发生器(MVG)技术应用于火箭/试飞器级间分离流动控制,完成乘波体高超飞行器大机动转弯飞行控制与制导技术等。

十一院负责人介绍说,本次飞行试验实现了飞行试验窗口科学载荷的全通道测量,全程光测、雷测、遥测正常,试飞器飞行可控、科学数据有效,完整回收。

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Video: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av28408204/

This is not China's but CASC's first waverider hypersonic vehicle.

It so happens that CASIC and CASC often do not recognize each other's records. :lol::D
 
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China tests hypersonic aircraft that can 'break any missile defense system'
By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/5 22:43:40

Hypersonic aircraft can break any missile defense system: expert


China has successfully tested its first waverider hypersonic flight vehicle, a weapon that can carry nuclear warheads and break through any current generation anti-missile defense system due to its high speed and unpredictable trajectory, Chinese experts said on Sunday.

Designed by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics under China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the Xingkong-2, or Starry Sky-2, was launched in a target range located in Northwest China on Friday, the academy said in a statement released on its WeChat account on Friday.

Launched in a rocket, the waverider was released in the air after about 10 minutes.

It flew independently, made large-angle turning maneuvers, and landed in the targeted area as planned.

The flight vehicle reached 30 kilometers in altitude at Mach 5.5-6, the academy said.

Waverider is a flight vehicle that flies in the atmosphere and uses shockwaves generated by its own hypersonic flight with the air to glide at high speed, Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Sunday.

Various parameters were proved and the flight vehicle was fully recovered, which marks the successful launch of Xingkong-2 and the first flight of a Chinese waverider, according to the statement.

"Announcing the successful test to the public indicates that China must have already made a technological breakthrough with the weapon," Song said.

The waverider is expected to be tested more frequently in future before being handed over for deployment to the People's Liberation Army, he said.

The current generation of anti-missile defense systems is mainly designed to intercept cruise and ballistic missiles, which are either slower or easier to predict, making them possible to intercept.

But the trajectory of a waverider is relatively unpredictable in the glide and it flies so fast that it poses an extreme challenge to current anti-missile defense systems, Song noted.

Any rocket has the potential of launching a waverider, and the waverider can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, Song said.

Given different targets, the waverider can use different setups to be either a tactical or a strategic weapon, he noted.

"The test showed that China is advancing shoulder to shoulder with the US and Russia," Song said.

In addition to its military use, the hypersonic flight vehicle may also see civil use in the future, a military expert, who asked not to be named, told the Global Times on Sunday.

"If the hypersonic technology matures, it may see other applications including industrial transport," the expert said.

The research is a strategic investment by China, from which many possibilities may derive, according to the expert.
 
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